Tobacco magnate leaves vast estate to charity
The will of Wernhard Haren, noted tobacco manufacturer, is opened for probate in London. The gross estate is around beetze with duties near £2250 and about £10000 designated to charity.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
3
The will of Wernhard Haren, noted tobacco manufacturer, is opened for probate in London. The gross estate is around beetze with duties near £2250 and about £10000 designated to charity.
An article reports an incident involving soprano Florence Austral at Worcester during the Three Choirs Festival. She was prevented from singing at Worcester Cathedral after an injury linked to a coercive offer, with public concern and discussion of the fallout and past similar events.
In a Strad Dane bury dispatch the piece argues colonisation of the Dominions will push Britain to shift focus from domestic cultivation to resource extraction. The author claims training for hard labor is misallocated and believes home land should be developed rather than exported workers. The piece predicts Britain will be driven to colonise homeland resources due to unemployment and failed farming profitability.
The article reports Panagelli filing for divorce amid domestic disputes. Details mention property, alimony planning, and intertwined family issues with a mother in law involved. The piece notes a recent visit to Como and a court appearance planned next month.
Canberra residents await Siguer dia Poti Ghiour MM the famed Malhin American prima donna who has stirred Sydney and Melbourne with her act She is scheduled to perform in Canberra on Friday September 24 as part of a wider Australasian tour Critics in Sydney and Melbourne question the act while praising its spectacle and anticipating the visit to the nation’s capital
The Yarrow Shire Council met Saturday morning and recommended the tender of Mr CA Jones of Nowra for building a reinforced concrete bridge over the Molonglo River at the 0 mile post on the Queanbeyan to Moradwood Road.
The weekly motor registrations appear to list multiple makes including Ford and Chevrolet with unclear regional allocations. OCR text is garbled, yielding uncertain classifications and national or local identifiers.
The report lists several singles results from a New York tennis event. Players such as Gilbert Hath, Hunter, and Woot appear with mixed wins and losses against opponents like Dutin and Weir. The fragmented text notes various scores and matchups without cohesive context.
A British trade commissioner is appointed to Sydney to oversee relations and promote commerce. The Melbourne and Sydney offices coordinate policy and market outreach, aiming to strengthen UK trade ties with Australia.
Hudson Motor Car Co celebrates 20 years since its first car July 190? milestone. It has built about 1.8 million cars, two thirds in the last three years, and expanded from a £3,000 capital start to large production. Four presidents led the firm J. Hudson Tos Chapin J. I. Jackson and current leader William J. McAnenny.
Rubber papers over weed flooring are adopted in England to produce durable flooring. A foundation layer with a sheet rubber cover offers a firm base, providing grip for barrels and crates. Builders consider mooring and transport implications for hardwearing, slippery surfaces.
A Ariel machine with sidecar and Peer van Mopped completed four days of continuous running, covering 10 590 miles and setting a world top speed and engine hours record. Eight riders rotated every 126 laps, averaging high endurance before the engine halted.
Reported discussions explore diesel engines for cars and planes, weighing fuel economy, compression impact, starting difficulties, and engineering hurdles. Col Vincent questions immediate, widespread diesel adoption while Packard engineers note crankshaft speeds and propeller constraints complicate aircraft uses.
A note warns about tyre patches in a busid galleria conversation with the core of ivnenie given to metomatie by the Deankap Por driau Company. Hoare M himngrey ave Ate Milena.
An inquiry by doctors motoring bodies and the Ministry of Transport debates medical tests for motor driving licence applicants. Dr Alfred Cox notes the council did not set a committee. 12 to 15 practitioners are invited to discuss disqualifying conditions such as severe physical or mental health issues.
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